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Ironing Table.

No. 234,191. Patented Nov: 23,1880

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N. PETERS. PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON D C UNITED STATES PATENT Grinch,

WILLIAM G. LINDSAY, OF WINNEBAGO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO J. W. EDWARDS, OF WINNEGONNE, WISCONSIN.

IRONING-TABLE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 234,791, dated November 23, 1880.

Application filed August 3, 1880.

ironing-board to the ends of one of a doublepair of hinged or pivoted cross-legs, and securing to the under side of the board a ratchettoothed spring-bar, upon which the round of the other pair of cross-legs may be moved, so that the upper ends of the two pairs of crosslegs may be placed at any required distance apart, by which means the height of the table may be adjusted to suit the convenience of the ironer, and by removing the round entirely from the ratchet-lever the two pairs of legs 2 5 may be folded one within the other, and may both be folded and secured closely against the ironing-board.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of the table in working posi- 0 tion, and Fig. 2 an inverted plan view of the table with the legs folded against the bottom of the ironing-board.

The ironing-board A is of the well-known pattern,and is provided with battens A A at 5 its ends to strengthen it. A pair of legs, B, are pivoted at their upper ends to the ends of the batten A, and are connected to each other by diagonal braces b and rounds 1) N, in such manner as to spread the legs at their lower ends to form a more secure support for the board. The round I) is placed midway of the length of the legs, and forms a pivot for a shorter pair of legs, O,that are spread at their lower ends to conform to the position of the 5 legs B and fold closely against and betweenthem.

(Model.)

A ratchet-toothed spring-bar, D, is secured to the batten A so that it will pass immediately below the board A in a longitudinal direction, so that its upper faced portion will be in close proximity to the under surface of the table, and is provided with ratchet-teeth upon its end and upon its upper surface into which the upper round, 0, of the legs 0 will fit, the spring-pressure of the bar being suflicient to press the round into its notch closely against the under side of the table and retain it in any position in which it is placed.

A handle, E, is pivoted to the under side of the bar D, by means of which the free end of the bar may be pressed down away from the bottom of board A a sufficient distance to permit the round 0 to be placed in any one of the notches desired, or the round 0 may be entirely withdrawn from between the bar D and the bottom of the table. The legs B are then extended their full length away from the board, and the legs 0 are folded in between them. Both pairs of legs are then turned down upon the under side of the board A, and the handle E is turned upon its pivot until it is in line with bar D, which causes the short end of the handle to press against the round I) of the legs with sufficient force to lock the latter in a closed or folded condition against the bottom of the ironing-board.

I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent In an ironing-table, the combination of the board A, legs B, pivoted to the board, legs 0, pivoted to legs 15, and spring-bar 1), secured at one end to the. under side of the table and provided on its upper surface with ratchetteeth, which, by engaging with the round of the legs 0, serve to hold them in position to support the table, substantially as described.

The above specification of my invention signed by me this 14th day of July, 1880.

WVILLIAM G. LINDSAY.

Witnesses:

WALTER G. DYE, GEO. B. RUSSELL. 

